Sunday, February 17, 2013

Smith Enterprise Letter to Governor Cuomo Regarding Gun Control

Governor Andrew M. CuomoNYS State Capitol BuildingAlbany, NY 12224Ron SmithSmith Enterprise, Inc.1701 West 10th Street, Suite 14Tempe, Arizona 85281Dear Governor Cuomo,Over the last several decades, Smith Enterprise has sold various firearm related products to state agencies and police departments in New York. However, due to the changing political climate and anti-gun politices coming from your state, we are forced to make some changes in how we do business with your government agencies.It is improper for us to sell items to state agencies and law enforcement that law-abiding citizens are not allowed to purchase. Effective immediately Smith Enterprise will no longer sell items to your state government that you have outlawed your citizens to buy.Until your state changes your gun control laws and ensures these laws are back in line with the 2nd Amendment of the United States Constitution, Smith Enterprise will be forced to keep this policy.At a time when crime is rampant and people are becoming more and more desperate due to the struggling economy, it is imperative that state and local governments support the people’s right to defend themselves from would-be attackers. The police have nothing to fear from law-abiding citizens with guns.When you change your gun laws back to something more along the lines of what our country was founded on, please let me know and we will reopen our sales in your state to government agencies.Sincerely,Ron SmithPresidentSmith Enterprise

Thank you for supporting the second for the people. New york needs a bone shoved up their .....You guys are the greatest...Please keep up the great work on guns, and doing what is right. I applaud you for your courage and doing what is right.

Your Company is setting a standard that I hope other Arms dealers will follow. For too long now the Firearms Industry has been at the receiving end of all the bad press on firearms. Let your company, along with Ruger, Beretta and others withhold sales and parts from states and cities like New York until they wake up from the liberal nightmares they are experiencing.

I am pleased to learn of your support for the citizen's rights, and placing principles above possible profit. I pledge my effort to reward you with as much business as I can from myself and my friends in my home state of South Dakota.

Thank you very much for taking a stand against, what I consider, the "start" of setting up a "police state"! I am not radical or anything like that, I am just tired of government telling me what I can eat, drink, drive. own etc. I am an American, a Vet and weapons owner and am proud to be all of them! John in New York

You Sir are the Greatest! Kudos on your stand. I wish all firearm related businesses would take a similar stand and quit supplying the states and their agencies that adopt crazy gun control laws.And include the businesses that provide personal security for the lawmakers like Cuomo and Obama's own security detail.

Way to go Ron, thanks for supporting the Second Amendment and your stance to NYS. I wonder if Remington, Winchester, Colt and S&W has the same size balls you do!Bob, from the Adirondacks, the real upstate NY. We don't give up easily here, thanks for the company

Thank you for standing up to the tyrannical tactics of our esteemed NY governor and legislators. Many other states have been watching the reaction to this law and how it got passed to push through their own versions. We are fighting here but up against a powerful political machine and the counterweight of New York City anti-gun groups. Don't wait for this to happen in your state, or the rest of the country. Let your state and national legislators know your feelings today!

"Law Abiding Citizens" abide by the law, and if the Law now says that assault rifles of a certain type are illegal then "law abiding citizens" will have no problem abiding by it. Right?? Because that is what law abiding citizens do, they respect the Law, right?? You can't pick and choose which laws to follow and then call yourselves law abiding citizens, you're just criminals who want an excuse to break the law. And why? Because you want the ability to kill American soldiers and law enforcement officers. That is what you mean when you talk about wanting the ability stand up to the government. Hunters don't need those weapons, at least not REAL hunters, and you know it. Any man worth his salt only needs a good shotgun to protect his house, too, so there is no excuse there to own assault weapons. No, it is the paranoid attitude of hating the US, our citizens, and our soldiers and police that is behind the desire to own such weapons. So the next time you see an American soldier or a police officer go tell them you don't trust them and are working to get the weapons you need in order to kill them if you have to.

So you would say that the 2nd Amendment only applies to hunting, please tell me why i can't own something for sporting or collection. You say firearms should only be use for hunting. Well I am glad to hear you put your faith in someone else to protect you I feel I should be my own keeper. Look around the world there are leaders that use their military and police to kill their citizens. I agree its paranoid to think it will happen here, but as they say if you dont study history it is bound to repeat itself. .ie the American Revolution .ie The need for the 2nd Amendment

I do hunt with an AK and AR. Why? Because its legal, fun and in the case of my AR, more accurate especially for a follow up shot should the animal I am hunting not go down quickly.

You sir are whats known as a FUDD, you do not represent me, and most gun owning Americans.

I hunt, but more importantly I protect those that I love and have been entrusted with. You do nt have a right to tell me what I can and can't use for protection. If I want to put 30 holes in a bad guy, I can do so. I need 1 possibly 2 rounds to take a deer. A meth addict after my wife or children may take 10 rounds to drop... and they may have friends with tbem.

Thank you for standing up to a bully govenor that is only interested in showing the country that he is taking a stand on gun control because he thinks ths will stop another Sandy Hook. Big news - honest citizens don't cause crime, criminals do and they don't obey laws. He will Never be President.

Someone who puts their money where their mouth is THANK YOU for supporting us every day hard working Americans. I did not know about your company but now I do I will give you some of my business and pass this on to other potential customers. You are a great American Ron.

I don't know hat to say here that hasn't already been said, but I, personally, will look for companies that do this for future purchases. I was happy a while back that a popular manufacturer of .50's stopped selling to CA govt agencies, as I had just splurged on one of their rifles. I will be wary of off-shore companies in anti-gun countries that continue to sell products to regimes like NY & CA. I will support any one who puts whats right over a few sales and hope that decision is, in the long run, profitable for them!

Wow. I never comment on these things, but on this one I was determined to do so. I think it took ten minutes to scroll through the outpouring of support Ron Smith has been receiving for his stand against tyranny. I hope the rest of the industry is watching closely. Thank you Ron, and God Bless you and our Country.

Well done, sir. Best regards to you as individuals and as a business. Your support for the Second Amendment and for the people of the United States will not go unnoticed. I look forward to doing business with you in the future.

Thank you for the support of NY gun owners. We need all the help we can get since our elected officials won't protect us. They would just assume throw us under the bus so to speak. Remember the LA riots and hurricane Katrina how much help were the police then? Who will protect us if not ourselves?